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Thursday 22 January 2026
How Sony-TCL tie-up could chip away at Samsung's OLED advantage

Sony's decision to form a TV joint venture with TCL is being read in South Korea less as a routine corporate reshuffle than as a structural...

Thursday 22 January 2026
MFTBC, Foxconn to form joint venture for e-bus manufacturing

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), a major Japanese commercial vehicle maker, has announced to establish a joint venture...

Thursday 22 January 2026
Kioxia warns of tight NAND supply through 2027

Kioxia, the world's third-largest manufacturer of NAND flash memory, has largely exhausted its production capacity for the current year...

Thursday 22 January 2026
Rising China-Japan tensions put semi materials in the spotlight

As tensions between China and Japan escalate over export controls on rare earths and semiconductor materials, China is accelerating efforts...

Wednesday 21 January 2026
Column: Japan bets on deep-sea rare earth mining to break China's supply grip
On January 12, 2026, Japan's scientific drilling vessel Chikyu slowly departed port, heading toward the waters near Minamitorishima Island, about 1,900km southeast of Honshu...
Wednesday 21 January 2026
China tightens rare earth export controls to Japan, further fueling geopolitical tensions
Chinese authorities have increased scrutiny on rare earth exports bound for Japan, as export volumes declined in December 2025 compared to the previous month. The move reflects Beijing's...
Tuesday 20 January 2026
Supply chain shifts strategies as China tightens rare earth export controls
Amid escalating geopolitical tensions between China and Japan, China has recently imposed stricter review measures on rare earth exports to Japan. Chinese authorities now reportedly...
Monday 19 January 2026
Glass fiber supply crunch hits AI hardware and Apple's 2026 devices
The global AI boom is pushing electronics supply chains to their limits. While shortages of advanced chips and memory have drawn most attention, a less visible constraint is emerging:...
Saturday 17 January 2026
Amkor to close longstanding Japan chip plant as EV demand slows

Amkor Technology, the US-based semiconductor packaging and testing company, said it will close its Hakodate plant in northern Japan by...

Saturday 17 January 2026
Canon eyes 2027 inkjet wafer planarization launch

Canon said on January 13 that it has developed a new wafer planarization technology designed to uniformly smooth surface irregularities...

Saturday 17 January 2026
Yageo secures full voting control of Shibaura Electronics after Tokyo delisting

Taiwan-based passive component maker Yageo said Japan's Shibaura Electronics was officially delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on January...

Friday 16 January 2026
China expedites photoresist localization to reduce Japan reliance
With China and Japan launching successive anti-dumping probes and export controls on rare earths and key semiconductor materials, the risk of China's advanced-process supply chain...
Thursday 15 January 2026
Rapidus forecasts 2nm supply shortfall by 2030, flags talent gap versus TSMC

As global governments accelerate investments in the semiconductor sector, Japan's Rapidus is moving forward with its goal of mass-producing 2nm...

Thursday 15 January 2026
Japan fortifies rare-earth supply chain against China risk
China has tightened export controls on rare earths and other dual-use materials bound for Japan, prompting Tokyo to formalise a rare-earth stockpiling policy and work with G7 partners...
Wednesday 14 January 2026
Samsung will adopt South Korea-made mask blanks to EUV process to reduce reliance on Japan
Samsung Electronics is set to introduce South Korea-made mask blanks into its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process starting as early as the second quarter of 2026. According to ET...